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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-25
a Ascotchwoman's Age.

Patrolman Hummel brought In q
lady" and as she stood up 10 the
window 10 be registered for iut0zica-
ton, Lieutenant Sehriber said.
90 How old are YOU madam ?"
80 Oh, sergeant, please your honor, I
don't have TO tell my age, do IT,
asked the woman I'm pleading tones.
Yes. madam, said the lieutenant.
q" we take the ages Of all prisoners
4 suppressed moan escaped from the
womanS lips. and she looked appeal
ingiy around and said.
Well, il 1 must I must. / was
born I'm Scotland, and my age multi
piled by twice its length. divided bv
its least common multiple suh.rlcted
from its nlgebIaic deuomiuatar and adj
ded To threc-tenths OF its annual in
come viii give you my correct and
truthful period OF actual existence"
Then she tainted
Three arithmeticians around the CEN
tral worked three hours ON the prob
lem; Colonel Lipps brought out some
old school books, Sergeant Dunn brought
slate and pencil and a scene Of
brain work and mental gymnastics
followed
All gave up trying to solve how old
the lady was except the lieutenant
He shut his eyes and went il blind
and put down sweet sixteen. 81 TCIeve-
land Plaindealer
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A Alady writes To the New York Herald
in reference TO French customs with
regard 10 young unmarried women. She
says:
cone day I called on a friend. Mile.
Emelic, daughter of the Baroness ofN-
one of the most respected families of the
FaubOurg st. Gcrmain. Emelie was
shocked at my bolduess, and assured me
that she never was out alone but once in
her life.
Not long after I went with a friend to
call on a young French girl who was
about to be married. We found the
fiaUcce in anything but an amiable frame
Of mind, owing, she explained, to her
inability TO receive her future husband,
who had called three times. Her mother
was suffering from rheumatism and could
NOT acaoupany her to the drawing room,
SO Ha was compelled to 90 away without
seeing her.
Another incident occurred while I
was at school in Paris. The giIlS re-
impaired the news chat Marie r. would
not come back. as she was going to be
married She was barely seventeen and
had a small fortune of 5O. OGJf The gem
tleman in question had proposed TO her
grandmother .or her hand and hpr1 ac-
ceptcd. On the day of the wedding we
all went TO the church and waved Marie
'Good-by on her way 90 Italy.
Three months after she returned
alone deceived, iu-treated, pcuniless
and deserted.
''Such thing Is never known iu France
as young lady being wooel boioro mar
riagc, but once the ceremony accom-
plished everything is open TO her"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-25
Tattooed Belle.

The daughter of a distinguished naval
officer is one of the leaders OF the
healthy craze. Her plump. wcll-rounded
figure and swinging gait can De -een on
Pennsylvania avenue nearly every after
noon. rain or shine. aud she has the rud-
dieSt checks i'm Washington
She looks the perfect picture of health,
but some of her sharp sisters have been
trae6-Ug up the secret of how her pale
complexion di~appeaIei $50 suddenly.
Il appears. so they sav, that the Young
lady called I'm the services of an old
sailor who had known her ever since
she was wee bit of thing. and told
him that she was miserable because she
never could have any color in her face.
She asked him TO tattoo her checks a
delicate shade of red. and although the
operation was quite painful she stood
il bravcly, and the consequence is that
she will have a red face even after
death.
II is said that several society bellies
contemplate undergoing the same course
OF treatment Boston Traveller.
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WHAT HAPPENED TO HTLDA.
a Sweet and Pathetic Narrative Told nv
the German Policeman

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HAIR AND CHARACTER,
lo Observations of a Reflective Barber.

Tho Observations OF a Reflective Barber.
s.Et is q fact," said the barber. '.tlat O.
"-- 5.n- IF character b. aIIau.sue
rsI seal by the beard than F- tn "nra-
t...-.... TN" art of reading character i.s
tho ngarl is taught ass scioue. III laTi-
under the uarln of .g.ilo-TsTlr af..
understand q book j. shortly to- Doe pate
H-H.i i- which the principles Of this
-crc..o viii Is given I'm uet"ll.
H.l -as ever notice that people of
vo.E violent temper have at ways close
Ern. lug Lair. -t'sr fact that every man
having close -ruwiUg hair e. the owner of
a decidedly bad temper. 1t Is casv
enough for mo To note at a single glance
how a. mans hair grows. Then I know
how TO handle him.
"The eccentric man has always fine
hair and YOU never yet saw a man of
crratic tendencies who at the same time
had q sound mind that was not refined i'm
his tastes.
'Fiuc hair indicates refinement. You
may have noticed that men engaged in
intellectual or especially in aesthetic pur-
suits. whore I"Hcacv is required. have
....rHH'N E-a, luNuJiGu- hair and beard.
iH# same l-gn, rs "a class, particularly
painters, are Iway- remarkable for their
personal ln-aIiariii.a.
"IEs I.iuut sPrightlv fellow. who.
by e." way, is almost always superficial
has Earnra.lya curly beard. If not his
hair is curly. It's easy to bring a smile
TO the face # a man whose hair is curly.
lie laughs where colder natures see
.1taiuE i1 laugh at. But that's because
bis mind IS auOyant and not deep enough
TO penetrate to the bottom of things
There is good deal Of difference
between coarse hair and hair that is
harsh, though it requires al. expert to
distinguish it. For example, a mans
mu9tachc may he ms fine as silk and vet
cannot be trained To- grow into a graceful
curve. That because the hair is harsh
' Now people whose hair is harsh have
GmlaH.e but cold natures. They are al
ways ready To listen but it is diffcult to
arouse their feelings. In men Of this
disposition the hair ON their heads is
generally i'm fact almost always, of a
5hu.. lrN-r than thoir boards
'.#Hou the beard is full. covering the
entire face. the color varies from a dark
shade near the roots TO red which coI0rs
the euas of the hair. These men have
very rarely good memory. They forget
easily. and often leave a cane or an over
oaat behind them i'm a BARRIERS shop.
lH.N 1r' great procrastinatOrs and are
naH at Keeping appointments.
.' Think over your ac4uaiutances and
see IL the man who IL habitua Ilv slow has
not q nUrtuche or beard Of lighter
shade than his hair. It's always the
case. These are the men who come i'm
late at the theatre and get To the station
just In t.mo 20 miss the train.
" But photography is a science. Tt
takes years of study and observation to
acquire II. From long practice and
natural liking for the art / have attained
considerable skill i'm discerning charac-
ter. Household Words
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THE SYMPATHETIC SNAIL TRICK.
Chapter Of Amusement for Lovers Rel
atINes and Friends.

HtANe7 anu r IAeLleA>s
To give person a lock of your hair.
Or. a. in China. a pairing OF your finger
nail. Is to snow your perfect trust and
confidence il him tor herr by putting
yourself implicitly and entirely in his tor
her power and safe keeping
Whatever has once belonged To auv-
body. and far more therefore Whatever
has once formed an actual physical part
OF his person puts its present Vo-scssor
50 fully en- rapport with the original
owner that he can 10 a great extent con-
troll that owners dcstiuies
In all magical ceremonies, whatever
their purport-.rle,Ee to ayenge ones
self upon ones enemy, or to gain the
favor of the unkind and irrc=pousive
object OF ones affections, or to Lriu. hack
the heart of ones now faithleSc lover
it is almost necessary to throw into the
mystic caldron. or TO burn with the iatcd
image, lock Of the persons hair, OF a
rag oi MS clothing, or at the very least
something or other that has once be-
luuged to him.
Here is a little illustrative modern
superstition which may help to make
clearer the frame Of mind that renders
such strange forms of belief even now
possible.
1t is known as the sympathetic snail
trick. To communicate with your lover
mt distance take two snaiIs. and feed
them on lettuce in Il box together for q
week or ten days before his departure
for parts unknown. Then let your lover
take one oftGe snaiiS with him. while
you keep the other i'm q box at home.
Arrange beforehand fixed dav and
hour for communicating with one an
other, and aJ that hour take your own
snail out of its box and lay it on = slip Of
paper or which you have written out a
copy OF the ipHabet. Ut shows the an
t.4Iit- OF tHa superstition that the letters
must Ee capitals, in Roman form, not in
script handD
Induce the snail to travel along the
line up TO the letter YOU wish TO halt at
fthc indUcement usually assuming prac-
tIcal shape in the point of a PIN. and
then stop him.
If the experiment has been properly
performed, your lovers snail put out
similarly at the same moment, like a
mOlluscan travesty of the COrsican
Brothers. viii travel along the CORE
spending slip and stop accurately at the
same letter.
You can thus spell out as many words as
you choose in the exact, easy and conven-
lent fashion which tine departed human
spirit has Hdepcujoutly invented for cor
responding through the medium of 5
o'clock tea table with its surviving rela-
tives.
II the communication doesn't come off
that is because your absent lover faith
less man, has forgotten or neglected the
appointed hour or has ceased to love
you, or has Otherwise in some way OF
manner mi7conducted himself.
Perhaps. also. i'm the case of places far
distant ..om one another, such as Eng
land and Australia sufficient care may
not always be taken by the uu-cia.-ilfc
swain to insure the correction of the local
hour to Greenwich mean time. and the
sympathetic snail may thus te made 10
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-25
Keep Near to Your children.

Keep near to your children. Do not
let them grow away from You. Keep
them close in your confidence and afTec-
tion so they will confide in and not be
afraid of you.
1 know a lad who takes pleasure in
giving his mother an account of his
doings during the day, whether they are
pleasant or otherwise. She laughs with
him if they are funny, and gently chides
where he is wrong, but in a way that
does not make him afraid of her.
He will not relate asingle instance to his
father, because before the story is half
through he will begin to scold him for
doing so and so. It is plainly seen which
can have the most influence with him.
---lHeleRa. -s.-.-.. =. ...-...- -
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1t has commonly been supposed that
the wit of man was not equal to the task
of Transforming pigs tail into whistle
Hence the familiar expression to Indicate
the impossible runs, You might as well
try to make a whistle out of a pigs
tail"
But the world was long ago taught
that some things can be done as we'll as
others-that an egg, for instance, al
though in theory as averse to standing on
end as pigs tail is to becoming whistle.
viii readily assume that position lust as
soon as lnasterful genius like Columbus
comes along. A few weeks ago The
Rochester Democrat, having occasion to
refer to pigs tails and whistles, took
occasion TO assert that the latter could
not le fashioned from the former. where
upon reader of that paper Tror~oI,l To.
convict it of error by Forwarding Z, the
Democrats sauctum an uudeuiable
whistle Fashioned from an obvious pigs
tail 90 carefully packed i'm a neat box"
some of the visitors to the PhiIadcl-
phia Exposition If 1876 doubtless remem-
Der seeing among The attractions OF one
OF the departments another of these
tradition-dcfyiug Instruments. As has
been before remarked, we are living In
great age New FORK Tribune.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-25
New Portrait Of Queen victoria.

Prof. Aneel. the Queens fayorite por
tra.t-pajnter. is expected shortly at Wind
s,r Castle tr'm Vienna. He was over
".ra in the spring. when he commenced a
-Hte portrait of Her Majesty. which
rs Euw nearly finished. 1t is q life-size
3 cure, and the Queen is represented in
hor royal robes and wearing the crown.
she stands ON q throne. and the rich
folds of the purple train fall gracefully
down the steps, SO that the eject is alto
gctEer most imposing. The Queen wears
the Garter This picture is 10 be placed
in buckingham Palace with the State
portraits OF. Her Majesty's predecessors,
and as it becomes Grown property, it will
be paid for out of the Civil List and not
out of the Privy Purse London World
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-25
Scientific Travelling.

A novel enterprise is to be set afOot
in England, whereby an opportunity
will be afforded to those who have money
and leisure to enjoy travelling in a pecu-
liar way.
4 vessel has heel chartered which
viii carry some fft- flret-cu-s uas~en-
gers, accompanied bv an artist. a pho
tographer, a gc'lOsi5t, mineralorist.
a botanist. a zoologist and others. who
viii explore and cD.leot wherever op-
portIuity offers, buJ moro especially in
districts practically unvisited hitherto
The first voyage Will last twelve
months. There VII 1c no hurrviu- over
ground where anything valuable to science
and art can bc ohtained. and at intervals
the voyagerS Will havc the opportunity
OF breaking up.into soctionS and landing
when either the beaut e. of rivers or the
life and scenery of coasts can be studied
and enjoyed
The collections made on the voyage
Will be carefully preserved for subse-
quent exhibition or for presentation to
museums.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-25
1t Rained Crackers.

The fireman of the New York and
Washington limited express seized
broom and sent a shower Of Albert bis
cults raining off the floor of the engine
cab as the train came to a temporary rest
in Broad street station on Saturday.
See here, boy" called drawing-roOm
car conductor, who was lOungins on the
platform, you're getting high-toned
sweeping away a Senator's lunch. ch -
Blame the things. I'm sick of EN-,
answered the fireman. I've been stuff
fin EN- in ever since we left Elizabeth.
sc Say, Gull, you'd a died. We was Just
gettin' out of the limits, and Bob was
whooping her Well. sir we struck the
tail end of a bakers wagon on crossin'
a half mile out of town, 5 help me- it
rained cruckcrs. The cab was so full of
crackers that Bob an me could hardly
get around for that an laughiu, and the
smOkestack-great C;esarl-ye was afraid
the crackers in it 'ud put out the fire.
There crackers all over New Jersey"
Baker hurt?'
Nav. Fell on his head on a soft spot
in the next field. Say, Bob, shall l let
her gof"-[ Philadelphia Press.
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A eIGAETTO TIPRoYENEET.
First American Train Ran by Telegraph

First American Train Run by Telegra ph.
In 1850 the Erie road was In operation
between Piermout and LlWira. The
track was single one, such "a thing a.
double track was then unknown ia the
country.
Two years before. after much discus
sion and opposition, telegraph wire Lad
been put up along the line. Superinten-
dent Ainot. who was man long Eay
i'm advance Of the times. was q strong
believer in the practicability Of the tele-
graph as q -acilita-cr Of transportation
on railroads.
In the summer Of 1850 he was a pas
senger one dag on a wcstb0uud train over
his road. The train he was on according
20 the printed timetable was to meet
through train from the West at Turner's
Station, furty-seven miles from New
York.
When Mr.. Minot's train reached Tur-
ners, he learned that the eGstbouud train
was six hours late, owing to some mis-
nap Under the system OF railrUading
then governing employees the west bound
train had 10 remain at Turner'S until the
delayed train had passed the station. In
TACT the whole business Of the road from
there west was at a standstil owing 10
the uou-arTival Of the train at the diTer-
eut stations where other trains were
awaiting it
t-l4AA-sA mot saw Al D--I'f' llAH
ridicul0uS such system was. There
was q telegraph Office az Turner'S and it
was then the only one between that sta
tion and Jersey City. The Super.ltcn-
dent went 70 The Office and made the
operators hair stand by sending a rles-
sage to the station agent at Port Jervis
that he intended 10 run the train he vas
on from Turner'S 10 Port Jeryl= ON the
time of the helated eastt0und train He
ordered the agent not TO let any train
leave tlat station going East until the
train Le was on arrived there. He alsO
ordered the agent TO telegraph 10 him
how he understood the message.
The answer was satisfactory, and the
Superintendent went TO the conductor Of
the train and told him TO start on with
his train. The conductor refused to do
so, and the Superintendent discharged
him on the spot.
5Iinot then ordered the engineer to
pull out The engineer said that he
would not take the risk, and in the -r.-u-
ment that followed the Superintendent
dragged the engineer from the ,.-H. ave
him an ELEGANT dressing out, and mounted
the foot-Ilard himself
He ran the train TO Port Jervis and
sent IL ON West as far as NarroU-hurg
before il met the late train thus swing
the Passengers five hours, and se,-ling
forever the question Of the accuracy OF
the telegraph in running railroad trains.
Il Utica Observer.
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Her Laugh wounds His Conscience.


A Lewiston business mans wife has
been away ON a visit to tho cid aa.ae in
another city. He has lived, dur e Her
absence, u-teu-isIy at home, 'ut ally
has been living on port erhHu-e steaks at
the hotel and has il-t been ,.eefe4 ..rasi-
dent Of new whist gl-g lI which f's lad
young re,I-eheakcl .'rl flr ---' ner.
and while of course he deeply r.-.-.- ed
the enforced absence of Lis own l...- slfe,
he wis managing lo get along without
Ei-.u- away EHrE ri.I-.
The D.Inr ui-lt Le and his rrzaate
partner had just swept ll. board They
had had "a L.ir.uau-tri.E K hand and the
rest o.. rta table was nowhere.
The Lewiston man went home at 10 30.
Things looked just the same. lie CONE
Jupiter wild me-
at was weeks an weeks afo' we cot
we're We -ert hungry ana thirsty. We
lay down .-- Il Shit s-- .Lre. ont. am We cot
up i'm d. mlwlin. ISL. all our bones lrlin'.
some helped us am some cursed u-. an
we got we're III last am found my sue.
Sich reiniciu am erwin an praviu'- An
Jupiter seemed to ulcr-tau' all about il,
kase ia told him the hull story ober an
O5er gin as we Irampei long de high
ways"
"Hcis dead 90 whispered the man.
cam he dead2 FO' de LawdI he am
Jupiter Jupiter
viii help you bury him if you VIII
get a spade"
Thanks, 80 answered the old man when
hecould choke down his feeling No
hand but mine must bury DAT ole dog.
Hes got ter he laid i'm teuderlv Ize got
ter lay him in de grave an mourn Oher
him by myself lie obleeged 10 you
you may 90.
And as the man passed out Of the cate
Ole AIarSe" knelt beside the body again
and Subhed out:
" Dun gone away from me, an de ole
man am left TO watch in de darkness
alone r. Detroit Free Press.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-25

Captain Ericsson invented the first
steam fire engine somewhere about 1910
He lives on st. Johns Park i'm New
York. in a small brick house facing the
southwestern end Of the square.
visitor there at 10 O'Clock at night
would see the door of this little house
open suddenly, and a man, appaI aIently of
so, with a stout figure and rud v face,
trip lightly down the steps, and, ! aching
Hudson street, walk rapidly noi Inward
1t is Captain Ericsson, who is clio Sc upon
50 years of age.
He works twelve hours every dJv, eats
lightly, bathing daily in the coolest of
water, and using sharp gymnastic exer-
ciSeS
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-25
NOTIFIES MEND1lyCi BASKET.


Over and 7,rer- s,.rfr-.,,,l7 -
The swift litr. nor 'lo flies;
or always Dr.. W'@1 her and idleness
iu' InchHl .-- -3@n. IeS:
-Ai,g iGe pau hands though weary,
N'ih lohli4iF ON ana on
AT tasks ina ever arc finished;
E'i mehdii- II never done.
She ta1zas ~. .f., F,.f,.,r... ..t,.1-i,,.,
And sEilna0.E -..ia= ia the heel,
ana Sin"r.us the seam with Il tender
touch.
mat ne n.9- no ro1-hncss feel;
AND neT thoughts 10 her merry girlhOod
ana her early "L,l.od 60
ana sAe smiles q, Lgr -lr5L palI of stock
mss
AiI,L aL-. pea - -. i.-..' I-al-en
f.Ill -'- liz ~ N'.i, I,- 5.-,
..2 'Ioi d. .''''. rose ''' Is
,t '' ''.. .- .a'..' .,..
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-02-25
Uncle sans PubIishing Business.

The United States Government is the
greatest publishing house i'm the world.
BY the side Of its resources such an es-
tablishment as the Harpers' becomes
quite small.
In the book of estimates for the next
fiscal year recently sent TO Congress,
81, $50 23l .6S is asked for for wages alone.
There are on the pay roll 400 compos-
itors, besides large force of superin-
tendents, foremen. etc.
Fifty proof readers are steadily en-
ployed, and 45 proSsmcn, rs press feed
ers, and "a ruling machine feeders.
The estimates cali for Toe. 900 reams Of
printing paper or $4,000, 900 sheets, each
sheet making eight or sixteen pages,